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What is Pi?

Students learn to express the meaning of Pi in words by exploring various cylinders. This is a great way to actually see why pi is always 3.14 using very few materials.

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Objective: 

At the end of this lesson the students will be able to describe in words what Pi is and means.

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding

Helpful Hints

Materials: 

  • different sized cylinders (one per student group)
  • yarn
  • scissors
  • rulers

References

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